'Our precious little boy': Family pays tribute to Perth teenager killed in day of violence
The devastated family of a Perth teenager who was run down by a car and killed during a large brawl last week have spoken of their hurt at losing their "beautiful boy".
Jacob Cummins, 17, died when he was among a group of teens hit by the car in Canning Vale after two rival groups brawled in the streets last Thursday afternoon.
However Jacob "was not in a gang", the family said.
Four other teenage boys aged 16 and 17 were injured, and all had been part of the brawl.
"We are devastated and heartbroken that Jacob, our only child, has been taken from us," the Cummins family said in a statement.
"We feel like its a bad dream and need to wake up."
The statement described Jacob as funny, caring and a "good kid" who loved sport, with soccer his passion.
"He was just a normal teenager, our precious little boy," the family said.
Two sets of parents had been destroyed by the event and no parent should ever have to go through either ordeal, the statement said.
Dozens of people, including Jacob's mother, gathered at a vigil for him at Scarborough Beach last Saturday and an online page has been set up to raise money for his funeral.
A 20-year-old woman, Aya Hishmeh, has been charged with murder after allegedly deliberately running down Jacob, and four counts of attempting unlawfully to kill in relation to the four other youths.
She sobbed uncontrollably when she appeared in court on Saturday.
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A second person was charged on Tuesday in relation to a stabbing during the brawl.
A 35-year-old Canning Vale man allegedly involved in the stabbing outside a McDonald's restaurant at Livingstone Marketplace was charged with causing grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding and was due to appear in the Armadale Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
